Wow I must be the only one that found the samples to be totally incredible. I can tell there's a beast of a soundtrack behind those (for me at least). At least that's the feeling I'm getting based on how much I'm loving what I'm hearing.

It's a mixture of Zimmer/Howards work in Batman Begin mixed with Zimmer's work in Inception.

Nope, certainly not the only one.

I really can't wait to hear more. I'm definitely excited about it from what I heard. To me it sounds similar to some of Zimmer's work for Inception indeed, but also similar to Blade Runner/Mass Effect, and a little bit of Gladiator.

And I love your avatar by the way.

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In my opinion the samples have potential and at this stage this is absolutely good enough for me.

Also it's seems that some people here have never listened to 30sec sample clips on amazon before. Never judge a track or a score on those 30 sec samples! Because for whatever reason they often don't contain the best parts. They are not Highlights of the score!

To give you some examples "imagine the fire". For me as heard on the samples bottom of the list, full track top or near top of the list. The reason is that the part that I love the most (min 4-5) is not on the samples. Or how about "Like A Dog Chasing Cars" or " Introduce A Little Anarchy". I love the melody starting at 2.11 and 1.05 respectively (I'm probably not the only one). It's completely missing on the samples.

In short nobody should jump to conclusion based on those samples because I can guarantee you that we haven't heard the best parts yet.

I don't know if this was posted before, but the synth sounds in the trailer #3 music are not synth but rather 8 pedal steel guitars. At first I thought that I was hearing synth, but apparently not. Zimmer also employed 15 drummers. Heconfirmed it on his forum post at:

The music is actually from the score. A little bit recut - the tune is actually a bit longer in it's development. What you think of as synth sounds are 8 pedal steel guitars. Best organic pad sound yet The perc is the session I did at WB and Fox with 15 drummers:
JR Robinson
Jason Bonham
Josh Freese
Pharrell Williams
Danny Carey
Satnam Ramgotra
Toss Panos
Jim Keltner
Curt Bisquera
Trevor Lawrence Jr
Matt Chamberlain
Ryeland Allison
Sheila E
Bernie Dresel
Vinnie Colaiuta
with the amazing JunkieXL conducting (There is something to be said to get a drummer who is a star of EDM and knows how to get a crowd of twohundred thousand people dancing at his shows to liontame and energise this lot!)
But of course the real plus is the lack of sound effects...which gets us back to that other thread about dubbing music loudly
I'm glad you liked it!
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I don't know if this was posted before, but the synth sounds in the trailer #3 music are not synth but rather 8 pedal steel guitars. At first I thought that I was hearing synth, but apparently not. Zimmer also employed 15 drummers. Heconfirmed it on his forum post at:

Actually, very little synth - Moog here, a Zebra there...but the electronic sounds are eight pedal steel guitars joined by some titanium sculptures Chas Smith build for us. Bass pedal steel's where all strings are tuned to unison playing the bottom "A" on the piano. I wanted to keep it homemade, not electronic. Upright piano, nothing fancy.
But you will be able to download an app that lets you hear it all in DTS Headphone-x, which is full surround and height on your headphones by modeling my ears and how the score sounds through them with me sitting in my chair.
Always pushing the technology....
And there might be a few other nice things on there....
The cello is Ann-Marie Calhoun on her Stradivarius...

No not the only one. I also found it to be sublime...or has the potential to be from what I heard. I think some people should maybe try and get out of the mindset that soundtracks all need some sort of hook or theme. I think i read one critique about the samples that stated that the score sounds like "background music"...isn't that what a score is supposed to do? supplement the scenes, that's the priority i would think, not be primarily great music for you to listen to on it's own.

Agreed, and it seems most people like the score so far, it fits the movie's tone perfectly. Williams' score is great, but is not the right one for MOS.

That YouTube video seems to have only 12 samples, thirty seconds per sample, and the video is six minutes long. Am I missing something. There is eighteen songs, does that YouTube video have all the samples?

That YouTube video seems to have only 12 samples, thirty seconds per sample, and the video is six minutes long. Am I missing something. There is eighteen songs, does that YouTube video have all the samples?

Wow I must be the only one that found the samples to be totally incredible. I can tell there's a beast of a soundtrack behind those (for me at least). At least that's the feeling I'm getting based on how much I'm loving what I'm hearing.

It's a mixture of Zimmer/Howards work in Batman Begin mixed with Zimmer's work in Inception.

No, I am right there with you. It sound amazing. So good my brother stopped after the first few tracks. Doesn't want to spoil it before the full release.

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That YouTube video seems to have only 12 samples, thirty seconds per sample, and the video is six minutes long. Am I missing something. There is eighteen songs, does that YouTube video have all the samples?

Yes the Man of Steel Experience app is finally out for iOS. Music sounds awesome in better quality from the youtube video. Wish I knew how to rip it, but if anybody else knows how that would be awesome.

Also the music on the Man of Steel Kellogg's app sounds official too, but the same theme looped over and over again.

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You most certainly are not alone. It's just that the ones who were underwhelmed are more vocal.

Sure seems like it.

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Originally Posted by Sharkboy

No not the only one. I also found it to be sublime...or has the potential to be from what I heard. I think some people should maybe try and get out of the mindset that soundtracks all need some sort of hook or theme. I think i read one critique about the samples that stated that the score sounds like "background music"...isn't that what a score is supposed to do? supplement the scenes, that's the priority i would think, not be primarily great music for you to listen to on it's own.

Well said Sharkboy.

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Originally Posted by Norek

Nope, certainly not the only one.

I really can't wait to hear more. I'm definitely excited about it from what I heard. To me it sounds similar to some of Zimmer's work for Inception indeed, but also similar to Blade Runner/Mass Effect, and a little bit of Gladiator.

And I love your avatar by the way.

Word. I definitely hear those in there too.

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Originally Posted by DarthSkywalker

No, I am right there with you. It sound amazing. So good my brother stopped after the first few tracks. Doesn't want to spoil it before the full release.

I don't know. It's really hard to judge a body of work based on samples, but in my opinion, it misses the mark. This could be slapped onto any generic superhero film and it wouldn't stand out. Superman's sound should inspire and stir hope in the hearts of the oppressed. To me this sounds recycled or the remnants of the TDKR soundtrack.